Category: Government

The City of St Augustine announced to Historic City News local reporters that the public will be invited to speak at Monday morning’s workshop; the second held in furtherance of Commissioner Roxanne Horvath’s agenda to revisit the current city-wide vision statement and documents compiled in 1995.

Historic City News reported when St Johns County Supervisor of Elections, Vicky Oakes, traveled to Jacksonville on October 4, to participate in a Project Integrity roundtable with Secretary of State, Ken Detzner, and other area supervisors of elections, to discuss the coming purge of non-citizens from Florida voter registration rolls.

At least for the coming year, four parade events in St Augustine that would have been subjected to $15,915.50 in new fees, under an unpopular ordinance that went into effect June 1st, have each received waivers allowing them to hold their traditional celebrations without the fee.

Since a new ordinance went into effect June 1st, the few parades, races or processions still held in St Augustine, known as “Right-of-Way events”, are required to fully reimburse the city from a menu of estimated costs; ostensibly incurred for the use of public streets or other city resources.

When Grant Misterly reached the end of his maximum term on the Planning and Zoning Board and James McCune decided not to reapply, John Valdes resigned his seat on the Historic Architectural Review Board and was appointed to the PZB; leaving a vacancy for his unexpired term.

Historic City News readers will note that at the last meeting of the St Augustine City Commission, on October 14, a presentation was given to the commissioners that summarized the accomplishments and needs of the Stormwater Utility. At Monday’s night’s meeting, a first reading of a new ordinance will be heard.

With the St Johns County Commission elections still a year away, on October 11th, Historic City News reporters learned that 71-year-old Commissioner Ronald F. Sanchez told members of the Republican Club of Greater St Augustine that he will be running for re-election to the same seat, “one more time”.